Team Record: 53-87
Sim Record: 2-7
Games
9/1 - 2-1 loss vs Texas - Chip Herold joined the ranks of the double digit loss club with his 6 inning, 7 hit, 2 run outing. Not a bad start, but when your team only gets 4 hits, good things aren't going to happen.
9/2 - 5-2 loss vs Texas - Perez has now lost 9 straight. Yikes! He didn't fair to well in this one either (3.1 IP, 6 H, 5 ER). We again managed only 4 hits, one of which was a Richard Jerkins 2-run homerun.
9/3 - 6-2 loss vs Texas - Panic Mesick made his major league debut! Not a good outing at all (4.1 IP, 7 H, 5 ER). The offense managed 7 hits though with Grimes hitting a homerun.
9/4 - 4-3 WIN vs Wisconsin (18 innings) - 18 innings and 16 hits for us. We BETTER have won this game. Long had a nice outing (7.1 IP, 5 H, 2 ER), and then we used 6 more pitchers who averaged a little under 2 innings each, with Stier picking up the win. Contoeras had 3 hits, but none contributed to any runs.
9/5 - 6-2 loss vs Wisconsin (14 innings) - The Lumberjacks get us back tonight. They unloaded on Montana and Briscoe in the 14th inning. Steelman had an awesome game! He went 9 innings allowing just 1 run on 6 hits. Hennen had 2 hits with a run and an RBI.
9/6 - 10-2 WIN @ Minnesota - Baker went 2 for 4 with a 3-run homerun and Tyson Bacon went 3-5 with 2 runs and an RBI to lead us to victory. Herold pitched well for 5 innings, allowing just 4 hits and 2 runs to pick up the win.
9/7 - 4-3 loss @ Minnesota (10 innings) - Souza lost this one on an RBI triple in the 10th. Perez pitched well enough to win (7 IP, 7 H, 3 ER), but the offense couldn't help him out, although we did accumulate 4 doubles on 7 hits.
9/8 - 6-0 loss @ Minnesota - When your starting pitcher (Mesick) goes 7 IP, giving up 7 hits and 3 runs with 6 Ks, you have a chance to win. But when the opposing pitcher goes the distance and allows only 3 hits, you can't win. The only bright spot on offense was Grimes' 25th stolen base of the year.
9/9 - Off Day
9/10 - 6-3 loss @ New Mexico - Massengill had an RBI triple and long went 6 innings allowing 3 runs, but our offense just can't provide much power as we lose again.
Standings
Code:
Great Explorers Standings
East
Team W L PCT GB Stk L10
Kansas 84 56 .600 - W5 7-3
Wisconsin 80 60 .571 4.0 L2 4-6
Texas 79 61 .564 5.0 L1 7-3
New Mexico 70 70 .500 14.0 W2 7-3
Illinois 59 81 .421 25.0 W1 3-7
Minnesota 31 109 .221 53.0 L1 4-6
West
Team W L PCT GB Stk L10
Washington 99 41 .707 - W2 7-3
Idaho 79 61 .564 20.0 W1 6-4
Nevada 78 62 .557 21.0 L1 5-5
California 67 73 .479 32.0 L4 2-8
Utah 61 79 .436 38.0 W1 6-4
Colorado 53 87 .379 46.0 L3 2-8
2 wins in 10 games... I guess it's an improvement from the last couple sims.
Pitching
Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K
s1 S. Perez 31 31 9 14 0 4.39 196.2 188 99 96 75 113
s2 P. Long 31 31 8 13 0 4.33 183.0 197 96 88 51 79
s3 C. Herold 30 30 6 10 0 3.74 171.0 166 75 71 69 128
s4 P. Mesick 2 2 0 2 0 6.35 11.1 14 8 8 1 9
s5 C. Steelman 19 19 2 10 0 5.40 108.1 129 71 65 39 54
mr C. McKie 28 27 7 11 0 4.38 168.1 206 92 82 36 65
mr A. Stier 65 0 5 6 3 4.43 61.0 80 36 30 17 23
mr D. MacKenzie 47 0 4 3 1 5.64 59.0 60 39 37 34 28
mr T. Shimizu 68 0 4 3 2 3.86 74.2 69 34 32 31 27
mr L. Briscoe 77 0 1 6 3 3.81 82.2 82 36 35 23 23
mr A. Acevedo 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.0 2 0 0 0 0
mr R. Dyer 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.2 0 0 0 3 6
mr B. Seery 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.1 1 0 0 1 3
su J. Montana 54 0 2 5 4 5.34 57.1 67 37 34 26 23
su A. Jacobs 31 0 2 1 1 3.53 35.2 37 16 14 14 23
cl R. Souza 68 0 4 4 14 2.85 82.0 78 28 26 25 57
As you can see, I added Mesick to the rotation. His first start was nothing to write home about, but the second one wasn't
too bad. He easily could have won that game if we had any kind of offense.
I've also brought up a lot of guys who you may or may not remember from last year. Acevedo is back up, as is O'Parra and Crosswell. The latter two haven't pitched yet, so I am not adding their stats.
Lineup
Code:
Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG
1 SS R. Jerkins 133 468 117 30 4 11 47 51 28 78 .250 .297 .402
2 CF C. Contoeras 8 32 8 3 0 0 2 1 0 3 .250 .250 .344
3 LF N. Massengill 132 456 120 18 1 6 39 50 69 67 .263 .371 .346
4 RF E. Grimes 82 300 72 19 4 5 33 36 11 34 .240 .275 .380
5 2B V. Koenig 133 503 128 18 0 4 43 37 35 69 .254 .318 .314
6 3B T. Bacon 123 433 98 8 1 4 34 56 22 66 .226 .266 .277
7 1B H. Rehm 72 122 19 4 0 0 13 10 8 20 .156 .211 .189
8 C R. Long 100 326 71 26 1 1 27 24 15 55 .218 .254 .313
2B J. Carmona 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000
SS A. Oberlin 6 14 4 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 .286 .286 .357
LF L. Mingo 117 468 126 27 9 0 34 44 27 84 .269 .308 .365
1B N. Mutsuhito 54 92 23 2 0 3 12 8 5 16 .250 .296 .370
1B J. Tolerton 85 181 45 8 0 3 16 16 8 28 .249 .280 .343
SS K. Warner 92 264 65 20 4 2 23 22 20 35 .246 .308 .375
LF E. Schuh 119 295 66 15 1 2 22 20 21 46 .224 .274 .302
SS B. Ramos 68 192 39 5 1 2 14 16 19 39 .203 .284 .271
LF J. Hennen 108 382 76 19 5 7 47 45 62 39 .199 .315 .330
C C. Baker 97 207 40 11 0 7 23 25 9 43 .193 .233 .348
1B S. McLaughlin 57 118 20 3 0 1 6 8 8 19 .169 .240 .220
RF D. Pecora 44 105 17 1 0 0 7 6 7 21 .162 .214 .171
LF C. Unruh 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Stolen Base update: Bacon has 24, Jerkins has 30, Grimes has 26, and Hennen has 21. The Grimes total is the one that really sticks out for me because the man has played in just over 80 games. He just needs to get on base a little bit more.
I didn't bring Bates Schatz up because he really isn't ready to face the big time. I'm very hesitant to mess with his development. If I had to guess, I'd bet that he'll come up September of next year (unless he develops like crazy this offseason).
Team Rankings
Batting AVG: .230 (22nd)
Homeruns: 55 (23rd)
Walks: 371 (18th)
Stolen Bases: 111 (10th)
Runs Scored: 452 (23rd)
Pitching ERA: 4.23 (20th)
Opponents AVG: .269 (23rd)
HRs Allowed: 112 (18th)
Walks Allowed: 445 (13th)
Runs Allowed: 663 (20th)